the dip doesn't arrive on cue
One sachet before, sipped through the long stuff. The hour where everything usually gets heavy passes without the negotiation.
FUELOne sachet, 500ml, 15 minutes before you start
Fuel
Unflavoured powder
pure carb fuel
Still going at hour three. Steady fuel, no sugar spike, no argument with your stomach.
01
Steady energy from start to finish
02
No sugar spike, no mid-session crash
03
Sits easy when gels don't
What changesAnd roughly when
still going at
hour three.
your stomach stays out of it
No gels, no syrup, no citric acid. One sachet in 500ml of water, and fuelling stops being the thing you brace for.
the long day stops costing two
Fuel the session properly and you finish it able to train again. That's the difference between a big week and a big weekend.
Now the numbers
One ingredient, nothing hidden
read the label.
Per serving
Per 1 sachet (10g)
Carbohydrate (pea starch)
10 g
Of which sugars
0 g
Energy
170 kJ (calculated)
Total ingredients
One — pea starch
10g pea starch per sachet, confirmed by Sam 28 Jul. Sugars 0g (pea starch is a complex carbohydrate); energy is calculated at 17 kJ/g, not read from the printed label — verify against the label before any nutrition-table use.
Also worth knowing
Ingredients
Pea starch, nothing else
Added sugar
None
Allergens
No corn, wheat or gluten
Suitable for
Vegans
How to use it
One sachet in 500ml of water, about 15 minutes before you start. On efforts over an hour, sip it through rather than drinking it all up front. Drop a sachet of Pure Electrolytes into the same bottle on the long, hot days.
so why not just take a gel?
Gels work — right up until the second hour, when the sugar hit turns into a crash and your stomach starts negotiating. This is the same job done with one carbohydrate that behaves itself.
Pure Carb Fuel
Sugar gels / sports drinks
Carbohydrate source
Pea starch
Maltodextrin + fructose
Sugar spike
No
Yes
Sits well mid-effort
Yes — low osmolality
Often not
Ingredients
One
Usually a list
Plant-based
Yes
Varies
Pure Carb Fuel is a carbohydrate, not a recovery product. Fuel during the session, aminos for the repair afterwards, electrolytes for what you sweat out.
We don't have enough verified reviews of Pure Carb Fuel to publish an average yet. When we do, they go here — in the customer's words, good and bad.
Not sure it's for you?
60-day money-back. Use it on your long sessions — if it doesn't change how they finish, we refund it.
Verified reviews
in their own words
Every review below is from a verified buyer. We don't edit them and we don't remove the critical ones.
the honest answers.
When do I actually need carbs?
Sessions past about an hour, or anything hard in the heat. Under that, the food you already ate does the job. This is for the long ride, the back nine, the second hour of a race — the point where fuel, not fitness, decides how you finish.
Will it spike my blood sugar?
Pea starch is easy on the stomach and produces a flatter, more sustained energy curve than a sugar gel or a maltodextrin drink — no spike, no crash. That's the whole reason we chose it. If you manage a blood-sugar condition, speak to your healthcare professional before adding any carbohydrate supplement.
What's actually in it?
One ingredient: pea starch from yellow peas. No corn, no wheat, no gluten, no added sugar, no flavour system, no colours. It's a plain powder that mixes into water and gets out of the way.
Can I take it with Bare Aminos?
Yes — they do different jobs. Carb Fuel is the energy for the session you're in. Bare Aminos is the amino load your body rebuilds with afterwards: nine essential aminos, 5,000mg in total, 2,000mg of that leucine. Plenty of people take carbs before and during, aminos after.
Can I mix it with Pure Electrolytes?
Yes, and for anything over 90 minutes it's the stack we'd recommend. One sachet of Pure Electrolytes and one sachet of Carb Fuel into the same bottle — salt and fuel in one shaker, no extra bottle to carry.
When does it ship, and what does delivery cost?
Orders ship from Durban in 2–4 working days, anywhere in South Africa. Delivery is free over R1250 and tracked on everything else. All prices are in ZAR.
what it goes with.
Recover · most-bought together
Bare Aminos
Carbs fuel the session. This is what your body rebuilds with after it — nine essential aminos, 5,000mg, 2g of leucine.
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Hydrate · for the long hot ones
Pure Electrolytes
Same bottle, same session. Sodium, potassium and magnesium for what the heat takes out, with no sugar in the way.
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Performance Aminos
Bare Aminos is for after. This one is for during — bigger amino load, fuel and focus in one bottle. Lemon Lime first.
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Build a Bare Box: add any three Bare products — Aminos, Creatine, Carb Fuel, Electrolytes — and the cheapest one is free, automatically at checkout. Free delivery over R1250, ships in 2–4 working days.